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By Rebecca Camber: 01:25 GMT, 1 June 2012

He wanted to 'feel grown up' after viewing explicit images


A boy of 12 who raped a nine-year-old girl after watching hard-core pornography online was spared jail yesterday
as his lawyer warned of a generation of children growing up with a ‘skewed view’ on sex.

The schoolboy, who is now 14, told police he had raped the little girl because he wanted to ‘feel grown up’ after
watching porn online.

In a disturbing case that has raised fresh concerns about the sexualisation of children, the teenager had unrestricted
access to the web and was able to freely look at sexually explicit material.



The shocking case, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, only came to light when the young victim felt ill and told her mother
she feared there was ‘a baby in my tummy’.

Police discovered the girl had been sexually assaulted a number of times in a shed in the garden of her home between
December 1, 2010 and January 31 2011.

The boy, who lived next door, also abused the girl in his bedroom in front of a 12-year-old friend.

When he was interviewed by police the boy pointed out the sites he had viewed and when asked why he had copied
them, he answered ‘temptation’ and ‘to feel grown up’.



The extraordinary case was heard in a closed courtroom with only relatives of the children and care workers present.

Judge Lady Smith said he should be given advice on handling relationships and sexual development rather than face
jail. She handed him a four year supervision order to be carried out under the Children’s Panel, which means he will be
closely supervised by social workers until the age of 18.

She told the boy he was being given an opportunity to ‘make something of yourself’.